Randy Hultgren

Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Friday ripped President Donald Trump for using "hate-filled, vile and racist" language when talking about immigrants from Haiti and Africa, even as Trump took to Twitter to deny he made the comments.

Durbin was in Chicago for an annual breakfast to honor Martin Luther King Jr. after taking part in an Oval Office meeting Thursday on immigration reform, during which he said Trump referred to African nations as “shitholes” and asked why America would want to accept more immigrants from Haiti. Durbin said he’s not optimistic in the aftermath of the meeting that congressional Democrats and Republicans will be able to agree on another...

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